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"Patient Handbook" Exhibits at Frankfurt International Book Fair
Oct 15, 2008Patient Handbook to Medical Care: Your Personal Health Guide by J. L. Richardson, M.D. (Bend of the River Books, Miami, FL), will be on exhibit at the Frankfurt International Book Fair, the largest book fair in the world, for the second consecutive year. The book fair takes place from October 15th to October 19th in Frankfurt, Germany. This Writer’s Digest International Self-Published Book Awards winner in the Reference Books category will be on display with The Combined Book Exhibit, a world leader in book shows and expos for seventy-five years.
Considered an expert’s guide to personal health care, Patient Handbook to Medical Care provides readers with essential information for getting the care they deserve and need. Dr. Richardson, a family medicine physician, offers an overview of health care from an insider’s perspective. This 112-page reader-friendly book covers topics such as complete physical exams, medical tests, medical specialists, preventive screening guidelines, and health coverage.
Patient Handbook to Medical Care helps readers stay in charge of their health by becoming informed and proactive in getting what they need for quality health maintenance and good health. As Dr. Richardson eloquently puts it, “In our society we are accustomed to taking a doctor’s word on the state of our medical condition and treatment whether or not we understand it and either without asking any questions or without getting adequate answers to the questions we might pose. Today that may not be a healthy situation….By reading this book, you will find out how to take charge of your most important asset – you.” She further states, “Prevention, wellness, health maintenance, and early detection are key in our disease oriented society where doctors are taught to take care of you after you are sick”.
Patient Handbook to Medical Care is an essential reference book that should be a part of everyone’s medical library. It provides information on health maintenance and prevention that is truly timeless. Using this book will help readers keep their health in their hands. It is a good way to save yourself, and your money. After all, great health is true wealth!
Dr. Richardson is the ideal expert for this kind of book. She has worked as a primary care physician in managed health care, and as a physician executive. In the latter capacity she oversaw quality assurance and utilization reviews at a number of healthcare facilities, giving her broad expertise on issues involving healthcare quality. Dr. Richardson completed her undergraduate and medical school training at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her family practice residency training was at Georgetown University and Providence Hospital in Washington, DC. She has published a column for a website, a physician policy manual, and a research paper, “Building an American Health System”.
Patient Handbook to Medical Care: Your Personal Health Guide by J. L. Richardson, M.D., Bend of the River Books, March 2006. $16.95. 112 pages.
Bend of the River Books, POB 330645, Miami, FL 33233.
Website: www.mypatienthandbook.com.
Blog: www.mypatienthandbook.blogspot.com.
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